Workforce Development and Recidivism: Ingram State helping solve two problems serving only the incarcerated

Ingram State Technical College (ISTC) is unique.

Unlike other technical schools and community colleges, its entire student population is either serving or has served time in prison. According to Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles Director Cam Ward, ISTC is the only school in the United States entirely behind the fence and wire of prison.

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Workforce Development and Recidivism: Ingram State helping solve two problems serving only the incarcerated

PHOTOS: Ingram State Tech Draper Campus

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